What color are VV-XIV casters?

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mrbechet
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What color are VV-XIV casters?

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The Victrola the Fourteenth I got as a project was missing a wheel and the caster itself was bent. I found another post about just replacing them with modern versions so I felt better about it (as do my floors).

What I got was brass and plastic. Two questions: 1) what color should the brass parts be, and 2) what color should the metal ring around the leg be? I know this is a compromise between original and modern, but I want it to look as authentic as possible.

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Mark
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Re: What color are VV-XIV casters?

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The original color is steel, and the one I have in my collection is colored Rust. The wheels are iron and the large roller bearing around the outside edge of the original caster isn't present on the new one.

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Re: What color are VV-XIV casters?

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Painted caster + cleaned and scrubbed ring.
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